Tuesday, June 8, 2010

My honeysuckle plant is just starting to bloom. It is entwined through the wooden side slats of my deck and I love the way it looks, all tangled and wild. One of my plans this summer is to make my deck into a small oasis of calm and beauty. I've always had tomato plants and pots of growing stuff on it but they have been haphazard and standard. This year I am planning on doing things out there with a bit more thought towards asthetics and on a budget:) Fragrant flowers and herbs. Colour. I would love to have a water feature. Don't you just love the soft song of running water?

I bought some comfy new brown chairs at Costco ($15 each) and managed to snag a brown and green beach umbrella at Superstore which matches beautifully and does the job just as well as a regular table umbrella (at least for now). Our summers are gorgeous but short and I wish to spend as much time outside enjoying it as I can. Making my deck into a summer "room"will help:)

This weekend is the annual YMCA fundraiser Over the Garden Gate. A few wonderful private gardens are opened up to the public and we wander about soaking up inspiration and beauty. A great way to spend a Sunday afternoon, finished with a cup of tea somewhere:)

How beautiful! Honeysuckle reminds me of my childhood-there was so much of it around us that the fragrance soaked into everything...*nostalgic sigh* I'm glad you're able to create an outside space to relax in...here in the south, outside isn't really the place to be...ick! Give me a rainy, cloudy, cool, crisp autumn day! Have a great week!

...i love having a "room" where the indoors becomes outdoors. it sounds like a lovely project and well worth the undertaking. have a great time at the garden show...i am sure you will find lots of inspiration...and have a cup o' tea for me...xoxo, mickey

Hi Alice, I'm taking the ecourse from Kelly Rae and thru you through the comments for yesterday. I love your art and todays blog is just where I'm at also. I love gardening and never get to spend the time on it. This year my goal is to beautify my back deck for a cosie place to blog all summer long, hehe. carol

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Hiya,
Thanks for popping by:) My name is Shelagh Duffett. I am an artist and mum to a beautiful daughter. I live in the gorgeous province of Nova Scotia, Canada and write about bits and pieces of my life.
Alice is the name of my grandmother, who was an amazing business woman and Paris is a city we LOVE. Art and tea are necessities! Cheers.